History

Metricon Stadium is located in the Carrara Sporting Complex (CSC) on the site of the old Carrara Stadium and has been designed to be an iconic structure within the Gold Coast.

The old Carrara Stadium was outdated and ill-equipped to handle the requirements of an AFL club as a permanent tenant. With the introduction of a seventeenth AFL licence on Gold Coast to commence in 2011, it was vital to redevelop this facility to a standard at which it could facilitate regular AFL matches. As a result of this redevelopment all but the original six light towers have been demolished.

CSC has been a venue for a variety of community sports and events for a number of years, these include hosting junior sporting carnivals on a regular basis and hosting AFL on the Gold Coast, as well as being the home to the AFL’s first Queensland based club, the Brisbane Bears from 1987-1993.